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Re: [Goanet] Portuguese Passports. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto

[Jose]

I have written about this a zillion times. After a while, it gets rather 
tedious. But, IMO, Roland is a good person. Hence this comment.

Roland will surely review THE reason why citizens of the Antigo Estado da India 
are able to confer Portuguese nationality up to 3 generations, something which 
is not available to citizens/residents of former (say) Portuguese Africa; also 
the reason why applicants have to prove that they were not resident in 
Portuguese Africa around 1974.

jc





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> On Jan 4, 2016, at 1:29 AM, Bernado Colaco  wrote:
> 
> Story told here is untrue. There are over 100,000 thousand Chinese born in 
> Macau who have Portuguese citizenship and are not giving it up. Africans, 
> Brazilians and Timorese are independent countries there fore no Portuguese 
> citizenship. Goa stands invaded until this day = Portuguese citizenship. 
> 
> 
> BC
> 
> 
> It may have been Dictator Antonio Salazar's last revenge on the Indian
> authorities. Either that, or his love for Goans (and Damanese and Diucars)
> was so overwhelming, that he did something for them that no colonial
> government anywhere had ever done for the people it once governed. In fact,
> even the Portuguese themselves had never done any such thing for its other
> subject people whether Africans, Brazilians, Timorese or Macanese

[Goanet] Portuguese Passports. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto

[Bernado Colaco]

Story told here is untrue. There are over 100,000 thousand Chinese born in 
Macau who have Portuguese citizenship and are not giving it up. Africans, 
Brazilians and Timorese are independent countries there fore no Portuguese 
citizenship. Goa stands invaded until this day = Portuguese citizenship. 


BC


It may have been Dictator Antonio Salazar's last revenge on the Indian
authorities. Either that, or his love for Goans (and Damanese and Diucars)
was so overwhelming, that he did something for them that no colonial
government anywhere had ever done for the people it once governed. In fact,
even the Portuguese themselves had never done any such thing for its other
subject people whether Africans, Brazilians, Timorese or Macanese

[Goanet] Portuguese Passports. Stray Thoughts of a Toronto Goan - By Roland Francis

[Eddie Fernandes]

It may have been Dictator Antonio Salazar's last revenge on the Indian
authorities. Either that, or his love for Goans (and Damanese and Diucars)
was so overwhelming, that he did something for them that no colonial
government anywhere had ever done for the people it once governed. In fact,
even the Portuguese themselves had never done any such thing for its other
subject people whether Africans, Brazilians, Timorese or Macanese.

I am talking about the granting of Portuguese citizenship to people even of
the third generation. Take my own example; my parents who were born in Goa,
left the land when young to search for and find employment in British
Bombay. I was born in Indian Bombay and also when about their age, left
India's shores for overseas climes, ending up as a Canadian citizen. My
children were born neither in Goa nor in India nor anywhere remotely
connected to Portugal, yet because their grandparents were born in
Portuguese Goa many decades earlier, they become entitled to Portuguese
citizenship (it's another matter that they may never want it). The surprises
don't end there.

>From the mountains of Kashmir in the west to the plains of flood prone
Bangladesh in the east,  down southward to the Gujaratis living in the areas
outside of Daman and Diu, to the coasts of Kerala, people in India,
dishonest or enterprising, depending on whichever way you look at it, pass
off false documents showing themselves of Goan origin and fool the
Portuguese passport-issuing authorities into giving them their citizenship.
The reasons for getting another nationality vary. Most want it so they can
work in the rest of Europe, others want it for tax purposes to launder away
their untaxed money (India has generous tax advantages for non-resident
Indians and foreigners of Indian origin), still others use it as rainy day
protection if the Indian economy collapses (not a far-fetched possibility
given the extreme corruption there) and a few others want it to escape
Indian justice. An example of the latter is a well known top Muslim gangster
of Bombay who fled to Portugal before the long arm of the law could catch up
to him and then gave the Indian Police a hard time before they could get him
legally extradited to India. I don't know why Portugal gave him its
citizenship protection considering he had quite obviously fraudulently
obtained it. 

I was quite amused with the story of my cousin in Toronto who told me about
his recent visit to Lisbon. He was looking out for Scotch Whisky and when
stepping into a convenience store was told by the Bangladeshi owner that he
could give it to him for a few Euros less since he was a fellow Indian
(irony is my cousin is Canadian and the Bangladeshi storekeeper is
Portuguese). Anyway when asked how he came to Portugal, he said he went to
Goa and easily obtained false documents showing his ancestors were from
there.

I see the hand of St. Francis Xavier in keeping the Portuguese nationality
route available to this day for Goans who want it. It must take the
extraordinary power of a saint to resist the protests from the European
Union to make Portugal change the law to make all those 'job-taking Indians'
enter England where they usually end up, adding to the 'trouble-making
Pakistanis' already there, not to mention the Poles, Slavs and the Arabs.

One of those who will not see eye to eye with the Patron Saint, will be
successful and well-known musician and entertainer Remo Fernandes who has
recently landed himself in hot water in Goa and must be cursing his decision
to take Portuguese nationality. Our Remo had styled himself as a political
activist poking thorns into the sides of Goa ministers' misdeeds while being
a foreign national taking formal part in politics and official positions,
clearly afoul of his legal status. Make no mistake. All the accusations of
his verbal abuse against a minor girl who was injured in a car accident
where his son was a driver and he a passenger, are just a smokescreen. Remo
is not out of his mind to have done that since he has enough to lose from
the negative publicity fallout he would have foreseen. But now, he must face
the music of his illegalities. It is ironic that he of all people would need
to opt for being a Portuguese citizen. But, the law must triumph even in a
country that has little respect for it.

Wish all readers a happy and healthy New Year.

Forwarded by Eddie Fernandes

[Goanet] PORTUGUESE PASSPORTS

[Bonefacio Lopes]

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CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD
Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: 
http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html 
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Could someone tell us what is happening to all those applications which have 
been gaining or rather embracing dust on Portuguese passport i am still 
waiting to hear on the application a friend had applied in 1995 , our 
memories are so weak our media is one sided the issues which are supposed to 
gather momentum and solutions are left in the cold storage , and this is one 
of them, the media should be consistent on what they focus , be it just a 
scoop or something else.

Churchill has resigned , Babush resigning if wife not given ticket , we are 
tired of these stories becuase it's not news , we have read it for several 
years .

If the media can come up with a solution and dig out what is happening to 
all those applications , why nothing is moving and what needs to be done 
then hatts off to you'll , it's only you guys can now do something so please 
HELP  HELP HELP HELP.

REGARDS

BONEFACIO

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[Goanet] Portuguese passports: EU procedures delaying issuance of passports, says Portuguese MP

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EU procedures delaying issuance of passports, says Portuguese MP
NT Staff Reporter


Panaji, Sept 20: The general secretary of Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
and the member of Portuguese Parliament, Mr Jeronimo de Souza today said
that the European Union has virtually turned Europe into a fortress and this
was the main reason for the delay in issuing Portuguese passports by the
Consulate of Portugal in Goa.

The PCP will intervene in this matter and communicate to the Portuguese
government, the views of Goans in this respect, he assured, adding that "the
PCP would do all that is possible to re-start the process of issuance of
Portuguese passports".

Mr de Souza also said that the PCP, the 85-year old party always supported
Goa in the demand for its liberation from the colonial rule. "Our struggle
against fascism in Portugal was no different from that in Goa, during the
Salazar regime," he maintained.

Stating that PCP was the only opposition political party that could survive
during the dictatorial rule of Salazar, Mr de Souza said that PCP is the
party of the people. He observed that Goa is a true friend of Portugal,
adding "In Portugal there is a saying that good friendships are made under
most difficult conditions."

The PCP general secretary said that Goa set an example for other colonies of
Portugal, to struggle for one's liberation, which was followed with great
success.

Mr de Souza who was earlier felicitated by the Goa state council of the
Communist Party of India (CPI) along with the PCP politburo member, Mr
Anjelo Alves, during a special function organised at the Institute Menezes
Braganza Hall, said that the delay in issuing Portuguese passports was not
entirely due to the bureaucratic reasons.

The commissioner for NRI affairs, Mr Eduardo Faleiro who was the chief guest
on the occasion said that colonialism is a crime against humanity, and added
that the new imperialism was being developed under the United States of
America.

"What is required is total and general nuclear disarmament and removal of
all weapons of mass destruction across the world, democracy in international
relations and respect for human rights including economic and social
 rights," Mr Faleiro opined, pointing out that the peace loving people of
the world should coordinate their strategies in this direction. "A luta
continua" he pointed out, meaning the struggle continues.

Mr Faleiro also said that the human rights should also include the right of
development, making an appeal to the Western countries to maintain racial
and cultural integrity.

The city mayor, Mr Tony Rodrigues, in his speech said that the Portuguese
Consulate in the state should continue issuing Portuguese passports so that
the Goan people may get better opportunities to travel to Portugal and other
parts of Europe for employment.

The general secretary of the Goa state CPI, Mr Christopher Fonseca, in his
welcome address said that the 450 years of Portuguese domination in Goa
should not restrict us from recognising that the Portuguese have left an
indelible mark on the language, culture, art, architecture, laws and even
sports in the state, as also on the local socio-economic and political
institutions, in totality. He also acknowledged that Goa has been directly
benefited from the Uniform Civil Code.

Earlier, the CPI secretary for the international department, Mr Pallav Sen
Gupta introduced. Former IAS officer, Mr Albano Couto, well-known
educationist, Prof Suresh Amonkar, freedom fighter, Mr Shridhar Tamba,
senior journalist, Flaviano Dias and veteran trade union leader, Dr Luiza
Pereira were present on the dias.

A condolence motion was also passed on the occasion paying homage to all the
known and unknown people who fought for the liberation of Goa.

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